Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2002 22:01:56 +0100 From: Gerhard Sittig <Gerhard.Sittig@gmx.net> To: freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Trivial hack for pccardd(8) Message-ID: <20021204220155.N4807@shell.gsinet.sittig.org> In-Reply-To: <3DED9042.A7A6B6C3@pacbell.net>; from fscked@pacbell.net on Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 09:18:58PM -0800 References: <3DED9042.A7A6B6C3@pacbell.net>
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On Tue, Dec 03, 2002 at 21:18 -0800, richard childers wrote:
>
> [ ... ] it came to my attention that a lot of my services didn't
> boot right because when they came up, the pccardd(8) was still
> initializing the PCMCIA card, and the network was not yet up.
>
> The pccardd script (rc.pccard?) and the network script
> (rc.network) are only a few lines apart in /etc/rc. The fix was
> to test dmesg output for devices associated with a PCMCIA bus,
> and if any were detected, to assume it was laptop and sleep a
> few extra seconds while pccardd(8) did its stuff (actually, about
> 30 seconds, although I coul d get by with 15 seconds, maybe).
You might want to have a look at the pccardd(8) manpage, especially
the -z option. Or ask the mailing lists' archive for how often
Kevin Oberman *strongly* suggested an appropriate pccardd_flags
entry ...
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